Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828-1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History - Paperback

by Richard Campanella (Author)

Lincoln in New Orleans: The 1828 1831 Flatboat Voyages and Their Place in History reconstructs, to levels of detail and analyses never before attempted, the nature of those two journeys and examines their influence on Lincoln's life, presidency, and subsequent historiography. It also sheds light on river commerce and New Orleans in the antebellum era.